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Things to do, Oct. 2-8

Events this week include Indian classical and jazz concerts, the fifth annual Insectapalooza, the first Economics Art Gallery exhibition, and lectures on public school reform and civil liberties. (Oct. 1, 2009)

Alumnus Robert Langer on three decades of fighting disease with biomedical engineering

At a Sept. 30 lecture, Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT, discussed his career as a biomedical engineer who used his knowledge of materials science to fight disease. (Oct. 1, 2009)

German exchange fellowships available

Applications are now being accepted for DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowships and the Cornell-Heidelberg Exchange Fellowship for 2010-11. (Oct. 1, 2009)

Take heed: E-mail scam at Cornell

A sophisticated 'phishing' attempt is flooding Cornell e-mail addresses, trying to trick people into giving away their NetID and password. (Oct. 1, 2009)

WVBR to donate historic records, transcripts to library

An alumnus is donating news transcripts from the 1969 Willard Straight Hall takeover as part of an archive of 50 years of records and transcripts WVBR-FM is donating to Cornell Library on Oct. 4. (Sept. 30, 2009)

Researcher uses funding to study heavy metal tolerance

With stimulus package funding, soil scientist Olena Vatamaniuk is studying a worm model system for clues into how humans might detoxify heavy metals.

Research center in Bulgaria connects U.S. and Balkan scholars of culture and language

In Bulgaria, the Cornell-affiliated American Research Center in Sofia facilitates academic research and fosters collaboration with researchers in former communist countries. (Sept. 30, 2009)

Students deliver 'One Laptop Per Child' -- and critical training -- in Senegal

Two Cornell students spent part of last summer delivering rugged, child-friendly laptop computers to a school in Senegal and showing teachers how to use them. (Sept. 30, 2009)

Report calls Arecibo Observatory 'uniquely powerful' for detecting near-Earth objects

The Arecibo Observatory provides 'unmatched precision and accuracy' in detecting asteroids or comets that could hit the Earth, says a report by the National Academy of Sciences. (Sept. 29, 2009)

To flap, or not to flap? Flapping wings can be more efficient than fixed wings, study shows

According to a new Cornell study, an optimized flapping wing could actually require 27 percent less power than its optimal steady-flight counterpart at small scales. (Sept. 29, 2009)

Collaborative team will uncover architecture, social life in ancient cities on Cyprus

A team of interdisciplinary researchers from Cornell and Ithaca College will study architecture and social interaction in an early civilization on Cyprus in a federally funded four-year project. (Sept. 29, 2009)

Many factors involved in predicting and preventing workplace violence

Nellie J. Brown, director of the ILR School's Workplace Health and Safety Programs, discusses how to keep the workplace safe and prevent on-the-job violence. (Sept. 29, 2009)